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the RUINED CITY. Under ■aw X Dls ax'RnEnsHHOT down TERRIBLE destitution. r-erz GREAT heart of THE COUN- x TRY responds, Stewart- Gives Sr>0,000! sadness and desolation. UPJIVERSAL GRIEF ! ll oir thc News I) Received in the Conn- ( r j—Effect in Europe—Great Log* at life-Thc Gay Metropolis of the Northwest the Niobc of Cities. noon report. junto z»jr of jiesolatiojw New York, Oct. 11.—The World’s special from Chicago, dated 1:30 a. in., sajs the wind is blowing a gale. The fire is apparently subdued. It has not spread since noon yesterday. The bank vaults all appear to be in good condition. The number of dead found in theruins up to date is forty. Tbc ruins are not all accessible yet. The weather is quite cool. There is intense suffering among a few thousand families on tbe prairies. One thousand tent3 wero given them yesterday. Re lief is coming from all quarters. The future is uncertain, and general gloom prevails. Cincinnati, October 11.—Ireton, ad juster of the Phoenix Insurance Com pany, is here; He was at Chicago dur ing the fire, and thinks that the fire was promoted and exaggerated, though not originated, by incendiarism. He esti mates the loss at two hundred millions. Washington, Oct. 11.—Nothing from Chicago to-day. The minimum speed of provision trains over the Erie road for Chicago is fifty miles an hour. Dispatches from Europe indicate a general movement for the relief of Chi cago. Boston, October 11.—The Hide and Leather Company loses $750,000 by the Chicago fire. night" report. an , d 3.000 blankets to Chicago. They will arrive to-morrow. ***** TM MSIW.V IJT- sumajtce compajties. Boston, Oct. II.—The Transcript says the insurance companies of Boston have suffered severely by the great fire. Those having agencies in Chicago are the Na tional, New England, Hide and Leather and the Independent. A dispatch from the agent of the first named announces Uiat the losses will be half a million of dollars. The officers of the New Eng land company estimate their loss at $700,000, and voted this morning to sus pend business for the present. The Hide and Leather company’s liabilities foot up nearly the same. This company has also suspended. Tbe Independent office advises its patrons to cancel their poli cies and reinsure, pending reports from their Chicago agency. (Several other Boston offices are reported severely crip pled. H V It II J-Z.VYV RELIEF FOB WAR II— CROWHINTG SUPPLIES. On Boaud Susquehanna Division Erie Railroad, October 11.—There has not been a moment’s delay thus far. Ar rangements for clearing the track are perfect. Intense sympathy is manifested all along the road. Numbers of people of all classes are assembled at the depots attempting to throw bundles aboard as we passed. Goods are piled up at the principal stations awaiting the next train. We are now over the heaviest grades and can make still better time on tbe Susque hanna Division. irttrmV ... FURTHER DETAILS OF IJ\'SUBAJVCE LOSSES. New Yoke, October 11.—The follow mg additional losses have been reported: The Commerce, of New York, $80,000; the Howard, $275,000; the Lamar, $200,- 000; the Mercantile, $100,000; the Man hattan, $500,000; the North American, $250,000; the Resolute, $75,000; the Washington, $100,000; the Yonkers and New York, $300,000; the Home, Colum bus, $150,000. f JP All the above are New jYork Compa nies. The Hartford loses $1,200,000; the Manufacturers, $350,020; the Pacific, San Francisco, $500,000. Several others are reported, but the losses are compara tively small. FURTHER FROM THE RELIEF TRAIN' the Atlanta weekly, 3; “®ionty4TbiBd District, fifteen^counties, [$4,000,000. Giddings, Democrat, 622; Fourth Dis^ twenty-nine counties, Hancock, Democrat, 5,M0. A special to the JVeies from Austin says: Limestone county has. been declared under martial law and assessed $50,000 for bad behavior. Adjutant General Davidson takes charge of the military. Grimes andjBell counties will be thrown out, thus making the vote between Gid- dings and Clark nearly equal. Clark will receive the certificate of election. State Senator Mills has been heard to say Clark shall go to Congress if there are bayonets enough in the State to send him there. THE PRESIDENT ISSUES .1 P ROC 1.1- MAT ION'. Note of Warning to the Ku-Klux THEY ARE ORDERED TO DISBAND, DISARM AND GO HOME. Only-Five Days Grace Allowed, THE RADICAL TERROR .BE ORGANIZED. TO St. Louis, October 12.—The alleged Ku-Klux, against whom Governor Brown is proclaiming, are composed of a band of horse thieves, robbers and murderers, mostly fugitives from justice. NewYobk, October 12.—Two thous and la’ orers, called the Large Pipemen, struck and inarched to the court house to-day, for their wages, but found none. A large police force was on hand. It i8 rumored in sporting circles that Barney Aaron was killed at the Chicago fire. The steamer Neversink, of Troy, ran; into a sunken crib to-day. It is stated that some jumped overboard and were drowned. The large crowd of pipe laborers quiet ly dispersed. Galveston, October 11.—Giddings’ majority iu the Third District is 4411. This includes 1,030 majority in Lime stone and Freestone counties, which are under martial law. No further returns have been received from the other dis tricts, but it is conceded that they have gone Democratic by handsome majorities. Louisville, October 12—The woods and houses are burning along tlte New Albany and Chicago Railroad. New Haven, October 12.—D**. Noah Porter was inaugurated President of Yale College to-day. Savannah, Oct. 12.—John Screven, Special Prciilam*, Secretary’s Officb, Atlanta Agiuckl- j tubal and Industrial Association, v Atlanta, Ga. , September 9, 1871. ) No premium having been offered in the List of Premiums for the Fair of this Association in October on tbe publi cation of papers, the publishers of At lanta generally offer'special premiums. The Press of Georgia generally, will oblige by copying the following commu nication. Bam’l A. Echols, Sec’y, Atlaxta, Ga., September AUW1811. S. A. Echols, Sccrelarg Atlanta Agricultural and Industrial Association—Dear Sir: The undersigned, publishers of Atlanta, oiler $50 and two Gold Medals, to be awarded at the coming Bair of your Associa tion, in special premiums, as follows : For the best Daily paper published in Georgia—outside- of Atlan ta-judged by its mechanical mate up. general style and manner of departments. $35 and Gold Medal. * * * * For the best printed Weekly paper pub lished in Georgia—outside of Atlanta—and Gold Medal. W. A. Hemphill A Co., Publishers of the Atlanta Constitution. I. IIesly Smith, Manager Sun Publishing Com pany. S. W. Gbcbb, Publisher New Era. Samuel Baud, Publisher True Georgian. 3. 3. Toon, Publisher Christian Index and Georgia Medical Journal. C. W. Howakd, For Plantation Publishing Com pany. EonoLs & Wilson, Publishers Jtuial Southerner, Jobs T. Kobkbts, Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta, October 5. TO EMIGRANTS. THE BEST ROUtE PROM >7 Atlanta to Memphis IS VIA Western and Atlantic AND Memphis & Charleston R. R. Loave Atlanta G:00 A. M....,10:30 P. M. Beach Memphis, next day. 12.15 P.M 10:15 p. M. SUOOTIJYG IJrCEJrMARIES—HOMES RECO YE It Ell—RELIEF. Chicago, October 11.—Forty-one per sons were shot in making arrests last night. The station houses are filled. Ninety bodies have been recovered from theruins. Quite a number have died from expo sure. The Relief Committee has im pressed all kinds of vehicles to carry water and provisions. Immense supplies of provisions, much of it cooked, is eoming. The Committee has telegraphed to some parts to stop. Ten thousand blankets came from Cin cinnati. The Common Council have fixed prices for food, with heavy penalties for viola tion. THE PEOPLE Indianapolis, October 11.—Rev. Dr. Eddy, who has just arrived from Chicago, reports the loss of both life and property as beyond conception. The people are starving by thousands, and not less than 80,000 are homeless. Prepared foodand.clotliing'nreurgent ly needed. Thus far the supplies sent have not lessened the peril of starvation. Garroting nndjthieving are frequent at night. iriT.IT .VJ5IF OR LEAN'S IS HOIN'It FOR RELIEF. New Orleans, October 11.—A meet ing of citizens lias been held and meas ures taken for the relief of the Chicago sufferers. Gov. Warmouth and Dr. M. Howard gave $10,000 each. W. J. Ham mond, the President of the International Typographical Union, requests contribu tions from subordinate- unions for the relief of the Chicago printers. EFFECT UPON' THE ST. LOUIS IN'SUR- AJitm companies. St. Louis, October 11.—The insurance companies here have half a million in Chicago. All will be paid. The Ameri can Continental has a quarter of a million. erne.too vn'jier martial law— SUMMARY IHSPOSITION' OF THE TURJIULEJYT. Cincinnati, October 11.—Private ad vices say Chicago is under martial law. The soldiers are making no arrests, but kill the turbulent ou the spot. Seven are reported shot and hung for attempt ing to fire buildings. Sixty-four bodies have been recovered. now THE N'EW YORK IN'SURAN'CE COMPANIES STASYJt THE PRES SURE-SOME SUCCUMK. New Yobk, October 11.—The New York Home Insurance CV mpany publish the following card: From the best iuforma tiou we are able to obtain, we are confi dent that we will be able to pay all losses in Chicago and elsewhere, and have ample securities left to protect policy holders. We have assurance from stock holders of additional capital. The Company continues to issue poli cies as usual. The Continental will come out with its capital intact and have a surplus.7 The Market Fire Insurance Company, has determined to suspend. It is reported that the Astor Company is likely to go into bankruptcy. RELIEF FROM ARROAU. London, October 11.—The managers of the North British and Mercantile - Insurance Company, of. London and Edinburg, have received the following - dispatch : Subscribe five thousand dollars for the Chicago sufferers. Settle all losses promptly. Draw at three days sight. TttE EPISCOPAL CON'YEN'TION' OR DERS COLLECTION'S. Baltimore, October 11.—The Episco pal Convention passed a resolution order ing collections in all churches, on Sun- <uiy, the fifteenth, for Chicago. WH.1T THE ETN'A LOSE Habitobd, Conn., October 11.— 1 The Etna Insurance Company loses $2,000, 000 at Chicago. the Ebie Relief Tbaxn. ELMYBA.Oct. II.— We took the lead of the. Lightning Ex press at Snsquehenna and made the un- preccdeffted run to here. Dense crowds collected at every station where contri butions are waiting us. From all points throughout tbe country come reports of munificent subscriptions to Chicago. LATEST FROM CHICAGO THE LOSS IN' GRAIN'— SHIPPING TO THE EAST —IN'SURAN'CE LOSSES. Chicago, Oct. 11.—The total loss in grain is definitely ascertained to be 1,600,000 bushels. Four vessels were loaded with grain for the East to-day, and the eastern movement will continue, as there are fully five millions of bushels now in store. Water was let into the South Division this afternoon, so all the-population of that portion of the city are now supplied. Insurance items have been gathered from a trustworthy source. The Royal Insurance Company, of Liverpool, loses $133,000; Imperial, of Liverpool, $900,- 000; North British, Liverpool, $270,000. Good authority foots up the losses of the Liverpool and London Insurance Com pany at $4,500,000. The .Etna, of Hart ford, and Home, of New York; have each about $4,000,000 insurance in the burnt district The Phoenix, of Hartford, has $700,- 000 insurance. All the Chicago compa nies are bankrupt. All the banks will be able to resume business. A number of bank vaults have been opened, and the .contents, without exception, are uninjured. Every bank in the city claims that in time it ■will be able to pay every dollar of its in debtedness. The police continue to capture thieves, burglars and incendiaries, and generally deal with them in a summary manner, thus preventing further trouble with them. Measures have been taken for tlie im mediate rebuilding of the Pacific Hotel. ► ♦-< Hon. Wm. Ortou, President of the Washington, October 12.—The Secre tary of War has a dispatch from Iowa, which claims the State Torthe Republi- . cans by 45,000 majority with important I the Democratic eandidate-for Mayor, and ..osses in the Legislature. the entire Democratic Board of Alder- According to the Philadelphia Ledger men, were elected by a majjority of 1613 the riot in that city was caused by drunk- votes. en negro youths insulting ladies and Baltimore, October 11» 1871.—“We, k illing a negro who voted the Democratic the subscribed Bishops of the Protestant ticket. Episcopal Church in the United States, Second Assistant Postmaster General being asked in order to the quieting of Smith has resigned on account. of ill sundry members of said Church, do de- health. JohnL. Powell, who succeeds dare our conclusion as to the meaning of him, is now Marshal cf the Second Dis- the word regenerate, in the offices for trict of Alabama. the ministration of baptism ‘ of infants, PROCLAMATION. do declare, in our opinion, the word re- Whereas, unlawful combinations and generate is nof there so used as to deter- conspiracies have long existed and do mine that a’moral change in the subject still exist in tbe State of South Carolina, of Baptism is wrought ia the Sacrament.” for the purpose of depriving certain per- This declaration is signed by all the soii3 and classes of the people of that Bishops. State of rights, privileges, immunities Cincinnata, October 12.—An express and protection named in the Constitu- train hence, on the Pan Handle Road, tion of the United States and secured by yesterday, at noon, ran into a freight an act of Congress approved April 12th, train. The conductor of the express 1871, entitled ‘$An Act to - enforce the train, JohnR. Williams, was killed. No provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment others hurt. to the Constitution of tbeUnited"States,” Latest estimates areas follows: Senate, and, whereas, in certain parts of said 18 Democrats, 17 Republicans. House, State, to wit, in the counties of Spartans- 47 Democrats and 56 Republicans, burg, York, Marion, {Chester, Laurens, The Hamilton County Delegation Newberry, Fairfield, Lancaster andChes- stands: Senate—Republicans 1, Demo- terfield, such combinations and conspira- crats 2; House, 5 and 5, cies do so obstruct and hinder the execu- Columbus, October 12.—Returns from tion of the laws of said State and of the 46 counties show the Republican majori- United States to deprivejjthe people afore- ty to be 18,700. said of tbe rights, privileges, immunities Salt Lake, October 11.—The argti- and protection aforesaid, and do oppose ment iu Brigham Young’s case is pro- and obstruct the laws of the United gressing. States and their due execution and im- Philadelphia, October 12.—Addition- pede and obstruct the due course of jus- al returns sustain yesterday’s estimates, tice under the same; and,, whereas, the Charleston, Oct. 12.—There have Constituted authorities of said State are then five deaths from yellow fever in unable to protect the people aforesaid, bae past twenty-four hours, in such rights within the said countiesjand Detroit, Oct. 12.—St. Clair and Hu- whereas the combinations and couspira- ron county advices are distressing. All cies aforesaid, are organized and arined, that part of the State Cast of Saginaw and so numerous and powerful as to be Bay and north of a point forty miles able to defy the constituted authorities of above Port Huron, is swept by the fire, said State and of the United States within A number of persons have perished.— the said State and by reason of the said Five villages have been entirely des- causes, the conviction of such offenders troyed, two partially, and others threat- and the preservation' of the public peace ened. There were large stores in these and safety have become impracticable in towns filled with winter stores, said counties; now, therefore, .I. Ulysses A steamer was sent with relief from S. Grant, President of the United States Port Huron, and returned with forty of America, do hereby command persons, several of whom were badly all persons composing the unlaw- burned. All the telegraph offices along ful combination and conspiracies afore- the shore are burned, said to disperse and to retire B. B. Hubbard, of Huron City, shot all peaceably to their homes within: five days of his fine horses and cattle to prevent of the date hereof, and to deliver either to their perishing by the fire, the Marshal of tbe United States for the A light rain yesterday seems to have District of South Carolina, or to any of abated the fire. his deputies, or to any other military of-1 Prof. Charles Scott, of Hope College, ficerof the United States within said perished. Also a minister, whose name counties, all arms, ammunition, uniforms, Us not known. . disguises, and other means and imple- A fire at Windsor, opposite here, ments used, kept, possessed or controlled burned the principal business part of the by them for carrying out the unlawful | town. The incendiaxy has been arrested purposes for which the combinations and conspiracies are organized. (Signed) U. S. Grant. W» H. HOWARD* W. H. HOWARD C. H. HOWARD & SON, COTTON FACTORS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTST No. 2 WABREN BLOCK, - - - AUGUSTA, GA. W E again tender our services in the Warehouse business, in all its-branches, to 4 our old pat rons and planters generally. Commission for Selling Cotton, One and a Quarter Per Cent All family enpplies ordered will be carefully se lected by one of the firm, at the , lowest market prices. Orders for Banging and Ties will be promptly filled, and at the lowest cash price. Liberal cash advances made on cotton in ware house. We extend aU the facilities offered by Ware house Merchants. Consignments solicited—satis- action guarantee. aug21w3m NO OTHER ROUTE OFFERS Double Daily Trains TO ANT POINT.' ON. THE Mississippi Rirer (SOUTH OF CAIRO. 73 MILES SHORTER Than Any Other Line to Memphis. Making CLOSER CONNECTIONS with the only Train from Memphis to LITTLE ROCK, A Grood Chance FOR A HOME. I WILL SELL BEFORE THE COURT HOUSE door, in the town of Newnan, in Coweta coun ty, on the FIRST TUESDAY IN NOVEMBER NEXT, it boing the 7th day of the month, beginning at 10 o’clock, and continuing until aU are sold, my lands lying in the Fourth District of said county, known as the “ HARDER PLACE,” CONTAINING ONE THOUSAND ACRES. The said place Is weU watered, and well timbered, there being about Six Hundred acres of the same in the woods. I will sell it in tracts and parcels as fol lows : First. ONE HUNDRED ACRES, upon which are situated the dwelling house, a neat frame building with five rooms thoroughly cealed, with glass win dows, and substantial rock chimneys,—with a gar den well enclosed, itself containing near three acres —and capacious Gin House with Screw, and new barn built since the war. Next I will sell SIX HUNDRED JACRES, tracts or small farms of FIFTY ACRES each. I will then sell THREE HUNDRED ACRES in parcels, or tracts of bom Twenty-Five to Forty ores each. Upon .each and every tract sold I shall so arrange that there will be water, timber and good building sites. I shall have each tract accurately surveyed, and the boundaries well defined. I will sell on the following terms : ONE-FOURTH CASH ; ONE-FOURTH IN ONE YEAR ; ONE-FOURTH IN TWO YEARS ; THE BALANCE IN THREE, WITS INTEREST FROM DATE OF SALE. Upon any and aU these payments exoept the first I will take cotton at Fifteen Cents per pound, (I mean good XDcrcb«uitabl8 cotton ffoch asio tumaHy sold in this market) delivered at Newnan, Georgia. YOUNG MEN—Honest and industrious :.nd all others have now an opportunity to buy homes, and pay for them, by their own labor. Persons desiring more than one tract can have the privilege of purchasing additional parcels. I shall so sell that persons buying can purchase adjacent tracts. This land will positively be sold on the day thus advertised. Any information can be had by applying to me, or Hinton P. Wright, at Newnan, Ga. W. F. WRIGHT, angt-Mon&WeeklytlstNov. Newnan. Ga. The cutter Fessenden lias reached Port Hurn with seventeen refugees from the lake shore, two of them fatally burned. A large part of the city of Moniateo, Starting from Atlanta at 10:3p p. m., you leave Chattanooga 6:30 a. m., arrive at Memphis X0;I5 p. m , leave Memphis for Little Rock 7 ;50 a. m. If any one should offer inducements to you to go via Nashville to Little Rock, remember that there is but one train on that route, whioh leaves Atlanta in the Morning starting 12 hours too soon, you are on a tedious journey 9 hours longer, and arrive in Memphis only to meet with 7 hours more detention than if you had left Atlanta on the 10:30 p. m. train, and gone direct by the only RELIABLE ROUTE. If you are to go by boat from Memphis, leave Atlan ta in tbe morning, arriving in Memphis 12:15 p. m. Boats leave at 5:0O p. m., allowing ample time for transfer and avoiding confusion. Finding our Agents who will g’ve reliable information, and aUow no one to deceive you. L. P. GUDGER, Agent, Dalton. W. J. AKERS, Agent Atlanta. B. F. PARKER, Agent, Chattanooga, Or Address : . A. A. BARNES, General Ticket Agent. octlO-lm. Memphis TEN'T.1 <9° S 'ERN'MEN'T SEN'HS ■ f.l'W HLAN'KETS. BhjiJlDelpuia,October 11.—The Quar termaster’s Defmrtmpnfc his sent 6,500 "Western Union Telegraph Company, has so far recovered from his long illness as to be at his office. The steamar Ivolu, from Bremen, lias arrived iu New Orleans with fifteen cabin and eight hundred steerage passengers. A German Opera Troupe for New Orleans was among the passengers. Dreadnaught iron tbe Douglas cup at Providence, Rhode Island. Governor Brown, of Missouri, has called out the mijitia to suppress the Ku- Klux in Dukin and Stoddard counties. London, October 11.—A special dis patch to the Telegraph, dated Bergen 10th, says: A treaty regulating consu lar relations and quarantining, is about to be concluded between North Germany, Great Britain and the United States. Milwaukee, Oct. 11.—The Mayor has been telegraphed that several towns in the lumber district, on Green Bay, have been burned. Prestige village and Sugar Bush settlement were destroyed on Sun day night and Monday. It is reported that upwards of 200 persons perished in the flames. Minomenee is reported safe. Only one mill burned. Cincinnati, October 11.—Nojes carries Hamilton county by about 2,b00. The Democrats elect the legislative ticket of Hamilton county, which will probably give a Democratic majority on a joint ballot, thus securing the United States Senator. Later.—The State has gone Repub lican by a reduced majority. The legis lature is doubtful Still Later.—The returns continue to show Republican gains. They claim the State by from 20,000 to 30,00 majori ty and joint ballot by from 12 to 15 majority. Little Rock, October 11.—Serious trouble is apprehended in the Creek Nation. Tho government troops are all being removed from Fort Gibson. No troops are left to preserve order. Bloody times are looked for. Philadelphia, October 11.—The Re publican majority for different candidates in the city ranges from two to ten thous and. Tlie State Legislature will proba bly stand : Senate, 18 Republicans and 15* Democrats. House, 59 Republicans and 41 Democrats. Galevston. October 11.—The follow ing are the net majorities as far as heard from; First District, eight counties, Herndon, Democrat, 1,507; Second District, Con nor, Democrat, re-elected by about 15,000 Chicago, October 12.—Major P. B., ,, - t , Mfteon Telegraphs to commissioners and ? n ^ , east coast of Lake Michigan, has persons desiring to aid the Chicago snf- , een burned. It was the largest lumber ferers to send money instead of purchas- State, having four thousand ing supplies, as shelter and fuel for the I inhabitants. winter k are most needed. ; r i i San Francisco, October 11,—A stage Flour, hams, and especially blankets | stopped, and the express robbed, in and beddiDg are wanted, but contribu- ^°™ ra county, by masked men. tions should coine in cash draits, payable The citizens are protesting against the to the order of David A. Gage, City course of Vincent Colyer against peace- Treasnrer, Chicago, and addressed to M settlers in favor of the Apaches, him. Rome, October 12.—The Italian gov- r±.~ i i m mi. • eminent wants the grounds occupied by 12 *~ T te proptie- the conyent of St> Adlia foran extension Si,? SSSSS 8 J? perft P OUSe t . be Of the King’s stables. The Jesuits have C ° m ?u e (’ wdl g v . e an American college there. By an order cage suffered 7 ^ the ^ of the Pope, the c°onvent will yield only ^?, riQ) %?• d ° nate - ? 0n * ^mFAX, October 12.-A drunkard, at 3 ‘{ he Chlca S° New Dublin, murdered his wife and four mav ? ment b - v ^ children and then committed suicide by printers throughout the Union. _ jumping into a well, Comn ^ rce 13 rai6m £ 3 Pirns, October 12.—A majority of the n y or e Chicago sufferers. members elected to Les Conseils Gever- New Orleans, October 12.—The aux are supporters of the present admin- Knights of Pythias hold a convention to- istration. morrow for the benefit of Chicago. About one-ninth of the members Bidwell’s Academy of Music and Har- turned are Bonapartists. tyman & Barry’s Minstrels will give Montreal, Oct. 12.—The following is grand complimentary benefits to Chicago official: Tho Fenian General O’Neill, on Monday night. with a force not stated, crossed to-day at Buffalo, October 11.—The lightning Pembina and seized the Canadian cus- train for Chicago encountered a heavy tom-house and the Hudson Bay Com- r<dn, sleet and snow storm last night, but pany’s port. They were attacked by proceeded with undiminisked speed. The j United States troops, and O’Neill was run from.New York hither is the fastest captured. It is reported that a larger ever made. party crossed at St. Joe, and that United _ New York, October 12.—The Home | States tloo P s are in Pursuit. Insurance Company, after paying two _ ~Z . < ~~ millions on the Chicago losies, claim to In 5earc * ° fa Po8t 01Hce * have two and three-fourth millions of as- Dsaketows, Oct. 9,1871, sets left. Editors of the Sun—Gentlemen: My purpose in <g.Tn T in rm. -.r | addressing you is to inform you of our destitute sit- ^ALr -LiAKE, uctooer xZ.—JLne -.VLor- I nation in relation to post oftioG advantages and the UlOns have subscribed $10,000 for the h rant of seacral information through the journals of Cllieaco sufferers "Rriuxlvnn Vnnnrr rrorrn 411 e country. Many of ns would subscribe for The V, ™,? O i; -r , a OUng gave SuN if we could get it. It is more important than V-1,000. bait Dane Will send §50,000. J ever that the people should be kept well informed CHICAGO. October 19 The Ttermhli- I upon every movement which involves their interest non tlii'a mm-m’nT, J , ,, , \ - or the general prosperity of the State. A portion of call tills morning issued n Iindf slioct und. I Carroll, Paulding and Haralson join together, and the Tribune an entire sheet filled with there is not a poet office within from 12 to 15 miles of adrettisements ami aanoaacemaata of SbSKf merenant s Change of localities. your city and every voter iu the State should read, Eighty dead are now in the morgue. regularly, some reliable paper published at the Capi- ° tal, morder that they may see how their Bepresenta- lesterday the coroner held inquests on tivesare deporting themselves; but we cannot get 64 bodies, Only two were recognized— I the H( iere nnle3S wo ^ ave T a mail r°ate. Re- Twenl S? Barker aad Peter . O’Briem j ^The above communication express » wanWWeh 1 wt.nty bodies were taken from the more than once has been presented to us. TLere is basements of two houses. E0W s mail route from Atlanta to Villa Rica, in Car- . . . e , rankiin Insurance Company, r0 u county, and thence to Buchanan, iu Haralson, Willed lost *600,000, telegraphs that it leavingDraketown to the right. There was formerly will pay in full. a post office at this place, and jtlie mails reached it The Illinois Legislature assembles to morrow. Careful estimates make the number to be cared for through the winter 70,000. ^ Washington, October 12.—The loss to I V on re s ul “‘y with mails. ” what ,1 ,-11 - - does M,. Postmaster Dunning thmk about this mat- tne revenue by the Chicago fire is ter;. Administrator’s Salc- State or GeobgiA, 1 Taliajfebbo County, j B Y virtue of an order of the Court of Ordinary of said county, will be sold on the first Tuesday in November next, 1871, between the lawful hours of sale at the Court House door, in Crawfordville, in said county, the plantation or lands belonging to the estate of General Aaron W. Grier, deceased, late of Baid county. This plantation is well adapted to the culture of corn, cotton, and small grain. Situation healthy, society good. Convenient to railroad, post office, churches, and mills. Mr. James A. Grier is on the place, and will take pleasure in showing the lands to any one wishing to to see jit. Sold in lots to suit the purchasers. A plat of each survey will be exhibited on day of sale. Sold for the benefit of the heirs of said deceased. Terms, one and two years time for approved papers. This, September 11, 1871. JAMES M. TRIPLETT, Administr, de bonus non, with tho wiU annexed, septll-tds ' < AtlantajWater i-Cure. T his place is open at“all^"seasons. Chronic Deseases of all kinds, treated with large success. Outside, my institution will cure all accete deseases. I refer to the following persona, who have been, and are being treated at my establishment, Lavendon House, Hunter street. Mr. J. W. Rucker, of Chapman, Rucker & Co., Maj. W. B. Cox of Cox & Hill; Capt. J. M. Hill, J. T. Hightower & Co. I. Fleischel, Berman and Kuhrt, Rev. Wm. Smith, Macon, J. Hill, Newnan, Ga. oct. i-w 1-mo. DR. F. KALOW. SlTUALTIOJr tYAJTTKIl, B y a YOUNG LADY, TWENTY-FOUR YEARS of age, from the country, as house keeper, and seamstress, in a good family. Apply at THIS OFFICE, oct i;j-d6&w2t THOMAS J. JENNINGS. WILLIAM P. CBAWTOBD, JOSEPH T. SMITH. Jennings, Smith & Co., COTTON FACTORS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, yyAYE this day removed to No. 5, McIntosh street, Augusta, Georgia, (opposite our former place of bus iness,) whero we have the most ample and Close Storage of any in the city, which is Strictly Fire- Proof. Consignments Solicited. September 1, 1871—sepll-diw3m. Cotton States Life Insurance Co. CHARTERED BY THE STATE OF GEOBGIA. CAPITAL $500,000. OWNED AT HOME AND MANAGED BY Some of oar Best Financiers. Over 2,500 Policies Issued Since Suite 1st, 1869. The only Company doing business in the South that has ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS Deposited with the authorities of the State of Georgia for the protection of Policy Holders. Policies Upon all the VARIOUS PLANS OF INSURANCE ISSUED. A loan of 33 per. cent. of the Premium Given IPhen Desired. AIL POLICIES NON-FORFEITABLE. NO RESTRICTIONS AS TO RESI- dence or Travel, SD Latt Strictly a Home Comp’y With its Capital and Investments at Home. It appeals to those who desire to avail themselves of the benefits of Life Insurance to give it their patronage. The time has arrived when every thoughtful man is disposed to make this wise provision for those de pendent upon his life. This Company proposes to give all the advantages wltich are offered by foreign institutions of like character, with the opportunity of keeping the Vast sums in our own midst, which are annually sent abroad. W onderful Loom. C APITALISTS, FACTORY MEN AND THE PUB LIC generally, are invited to witness the won derful capacity of the Abel Weft Thread Loom Now on exhibition at the Toon Printing Building. Its capacity is from 200 to 300 yards of tho finest, all wool, Cassimere and Satinets, and 300 of the very best (cotton) grain Sacks per day, and can be adjust ed to weaving Blankets, Carpets, and Baggings. ROBSON 4 CAMP, Sole Agents for Sale of Territorial Bights, P. O, Box 519, Atlanta. oct9d3tiwlt, PEOPLE OF THE COTTON STATES Foster Home Enterprise- chas. e. staples. L. A. B. BEAD. by » slight divergence from a right line between Villa llica and Buchau&n.^ If this office was restored and the mails returned to the old route, the cause of grievauce, complained of by our correspondent, will have been removed, and the people of a large sec- Staples & Reab, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS AND Genl Commission Mercliants Commission, for Selling Cotton 1 y. Per Cent; ST’S Broad Street, AUCU5TA, CA. BEFEB BY PERMISSION : JOHN P. KING, President Ga. B. R. & Banking Co. H. H. HICKMAN, Pres’t Granite villa Factory and Savings Rank ol Augusta. J. 8IBLEY & SONS, Cotton Merchants. JOHN M. CLARK tt CO., Merchant Millers. sept6-Xmw. Jtclive and Energetic Jlgents Wanted in evert/ County and Town in the South. ADDRESS OR CALL ON WM. J. MAGILL, SUPERINTENDENT AGENCIES. Office, 28 Whitehall street Office: ATLANTA, GA. EDWIN S. RAY, Medical Examiner. OFFICERS: WM. B. JOHNSTON, President. WM. 8. HOLT, Vice-President. GEO. S. OBEAR, Secretary. JOHN W. BURKE, General Agent. J. MERCER GREEN, Medicat Examiner. sept8-l?wdAw3m. COAL CBEBK COAL- -r-rTg HAVE ON HAND, AND ARE RECEIVING* W daily, the best quality of genuine coal creek coal. Onr terms are STRICTLY CASH, and orders un accompanied with the same will not be filled. J. M. BOHN, * W*